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January 24, 2009

The report of holding the court of two people of Ayatollah Boroujerdi's followers

The first section of the court to consider the charges of ladies: Narges Ghafarzade and Maryam Azimi, two people of Ayatollah Boroujerdi's followers was held in Special Court of clergy on Wednesday, January 24, 2009.

In this court that took more that 3 hours, the above-named defended themselves against some charges like: acting against national security, spying, revolting, using cold weapons, advocacy of Mr.Boroujerdi and act.

The mentioned people expressed their opinions in connection with their charge of advocacy of Ayatollah Boroujerdi moreover said this clergy has always invited to peace and calmness .they said that calling advocacy of such this opinion as a crime is illegal also added in order to complete their statements: Mr.Boroujerdi has protested against the illegal procedures of Special Court of clergy in several times and has sent letter to high-level authorities of government but there was no attention.

These two ladies explained about using cold weapons on October 8 ,2006 that : we faced to different kind of weapons, baton ,tear gas ,acid ,and boiling water so we didn't have any resort but using the least available defensive tools and nobody counts this as a crime ! As yourselves give Palestinians right to defend themselves by stone!

At the end these two accuseds protested against holding the relevant courts to Ayatollah Boroujerdi's file behind the closed doors and without a lawyer also they criticized holding such this court secretly and without news agencies' attendance. They said that there is no possibility to judge for public thoughts and international observers in this situation.

Finally the court was finished without issuing a penalty sentence and was postpone to next section with no certain date.